Hi, Brian,
I made the same experience as you did with other
preamps......my latest adventure was, or better is, an eventide H3000D/SE in
connection with a preamp.....
What can I say, I checked all the big players,
mesa, marshall, ADA, even bogner, and you want to know what was the best?
My 10 year old GSP 2101 with its distortion sound
on bank 31, I believe, that means no digital, nothing but a creamy valve
gain.
I´m still planning with the H3000 due to the fact
that this unit can produce sounds that noone else can( in my opinion), so it
will become very intersting.
Changing valves is not a big thing.
I experienced that not always the most expensive
were the best, so you can get ruby´s or philips or whatever.
Try a few more and you´ll get stunning results.
And I´m already VERY close to Vai and Satriani
sounds with this combination GSP and Eventide.....check it out !!
Regards:-)
Franco
----- Original Message -----From: Brian KouSent: Monday, July 11, 2005 9:16 AMSubject: [gsp-2101] Tube Replacement for my 2101 Artist - oh yeah 2101's kick assSo I need new preamp tubes. Sounds a little fizzy and kind of messed
up. ANy recommendations? I haven't changed the tubes in 10 years +.
I actually use the bypassed cleans, I kind of like a sterile, non-
warm, colder sounding clean channel.
But I want sizzling distortion. Like Steve Vai, ultra harmonic gain.
Any ideas?
Just for fun, I got a JMP-1. You know the preamp everyone says is the
best or whatever. Dude, maybe it's my ears or my bias, but I have to
say the 2101 sounds just as good.
People bash me for playing a digitech. [Well ignorant types]. But
this unit always stands on it's own two feet against any head, amp,
rackmount there is out there. I am the type to sit in Guitar Center
and play for an hour or two. I play hard rock, instrumental rock, and
some classic rock. And I love Marshalls, and I play the Mesas, and Im
not into it. Everytime I come home to my 2101 run through a Marshall
9100 power amp and am always happy to be home.
I got the JMP-1, and I intend on getting an eventide harmonizer to add
the effects to it. Then I'll compare again.
But let me know of your tube adventures!